End-gate.



No. 670,532. Patentad mar. 2s, lem.

.1. c. BUTLER.

Eno GATE. Y

'Applcatiofx filed. Septfl, 1900.)` 'v (un mel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.A

JOSEPH C. BUTLER, OF IOWA FALLS, IOWA.

EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,532, dated March 26, 11901. Application led September 4, 1909. Serial No. 28,944. (Ilo model.)

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. BUTLER, a ci'tizen of the United States, residing at Iowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State of- Iowa, have invented a new and useful End- Gate, of which the following is a specication. This invention relates to improvements in end-gates.

One object of the present inventionvis to improve the construction of end-gates and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to be readily changed from a vertical position to an inclined one to form a shoveling-door and capable of being supported in a slightly-elevated position, with its lower end free to enable it to swing outward to dumpthe contents of a wagon-body.

Another object of the invention is to enable the end-gate to be securely locked in its vertical or closed position-and to provide a` locking device which may be readily manipulated to change the position of the end-gate.

The invention consists in the novel'construction and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and

y pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an end-gate constructed in accordance with this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same partly broken away to show the arrangement of the locking device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the 4end-gate being supported by the catches of the removable uprights or standards. Fig. 4 is' a side elevation, the end-gate being lowered to form a shoveling-board. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View of one side of the wagon-body and end-gate. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the upper plate or cast. Fig. 7 is a similar view-- ing of the end-gate. of the lower plate or casting.

Like numerals of reference designate corf responding parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate a pair of uprights or standards mounted in ways formed by vvertical cleats 2, secured to the inner faces of the sides 3 of a wagon-body, and said upright's or standards, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, preferably consist of wooden bars 4 and angle-irons 5, having theirtrans verse flanges arranged in kerfs of the wooden bars 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings. The rearwardly-extending flanges 6 of the angle-irons-are provided with projecting pintles 7, which fit in bearing-recesses 8 of plates' or castings 9, located` at the bottom `of the end-gate, atoppositesides thereof, and provided with projecting lugs or lips 10 for engaging the flanges of the angle-bars of the uprights or standards. The end-gate 11 is hinged to the wagon-body by means of the pintles and the bearing-recesses, and it is adapted .to swing downward from the vertical position illustra-ted in Fig. l of the drawings to the slightly-inclined po-V .a pivot 15'with a ange 16 of a lug 17, and

the link 13 has its outer end connected with the end-gate by means of a pivot 17a, which passes through a perforated ear 18 of angleplates or castings 19. The anglefplates or castings 19 are secured to the end-gate and extend inward on the outer faces of the wings 20, and the ears project outward rearwardly from the upper portions of the said plates or castings 19. The outer end of the link 13 is provided with a curved arm or hook 21, arranged to engage the lng 17 at the back thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the' accompanying drawings, when the end-gate is in a vertical position, and the said lug is rounded at the back, as shown. The curved arms or hooks 21 are engaged" with the lugs when the links are folded together, as shown in Fig. 1, and an ecient locking device is thus formed for securing the end-gate in its closed position. The inner end of the link 12 is provided'with a laterally-projecting lug 22, arranged to engage the link 13 at the upper edge thereof when the parts are arranged, as shown in Fig. 4, to hold the links rigidly in alinement. The link 13 is slightlyshorter than the link 12, and ythe pivot 15 is arranged at a point between the ends of the link 12 when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the two links constitute a lever,

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which is adapted when swung upward to lift the end-gate oit of the pintles and permit the lower edge of the said end-gate to swing outward when it is desired to dump the contents of a wagon-body.

The standards or uprights are provided at their tops with plates or castings 23, having curved notches or recesses 24C and provided with curved hooks or arms 25. The curved arms 25, which extend rearward from the tops of the plates or castings 23, are located above the notches or recesses 24 and support de pending hooks 2G. The hooks 26 extend through the loop 27 ot' plates or castings 28, which are located at opposite sides of the upper portion of the end-gate. The plates are provided with lugs 29, and when the loo ps are in engagement with the hooks they are adapted to support the end-gate when the bottom of the latter is disengaged from the pintles.

The levers formed' by the links are adapted to lift the end-gate off of the pintles, and the said end-gate may be further raised by hand to engage the loops with the catches formed by the notches of the plates or castings 23, whereby the end-gate will be supported in the position illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.

It will be seen that the end-gate is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construe# tion, that it is strong and durable, and that it may be readily arranged in any of the positions illustrated in the drawings. It will also be ap parent that the eud-gate is securely locked in its closed position, that the locking mechanism supports it in its inclined position and forms a lever for raising the endgate, and that the end-gate is adapted to be readily removed from the wagon-body by lifting the uprights or standards out of the ways formed by the cleats 2.

What I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, of an endgate, lugs carried by the wagon-body and located at opposite sides of the end-gate, and

links arranged in pairs and connected with the wagon-body and with the end-gate, one link of each pair being provided with a curved hook arranged to engage the adjacent lug, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, of standards arranged at opposite sides thereof, plates or castings mounted on the standards and provided with recesses and having curved arms, hooks depending from the arms, and. an endgate having loops for engaging the hooks, substantially as described.

3. In a device ot the class described, the combination of a wagon-body, a catch, an arm extending outward over the catch, an endgate having a loop and a hook supported by Irhe arm and adapted to engage the loop, the latter being also adapted to engage the catch, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of astandard having a flange and provided at the top with a catch, an arm extending outward over the cat-ch, an endgate, a plate or casting secured to the endgate and provided with a loop and having a lug arranged adjacent to the tiange, and a hook supported by the arm and engaging the loop, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a body and an end-gate, of a lug carried by the Wagon-body, and a pair of links pivoted together at their adjacent ends and connected respectively at their other ends to the end-gate and to the wagon-body, one of the links being provided adjacent to the end-gate with a curved arm or hook, arranged to engage the lug, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH C. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

H. C. MILLER, M. D. BoDDY. 

